# Kevin Rowney

> Kevin Rowney is a seed investor at Mod N Labs (San Francisco) backing Software and Security. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mod N Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/modnlabs)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinrowney

Kevin Rowney is a seed investor at Mod N Labs in San Francisco focused on Software and Security. Serial Entrepreneur in the Information Security space with multiple successful exits. Founder of Vontu (lead vendor in the DLP space, acquired by Symantec in '07.) Creator and leader of Symantec's Breach Response Team from '08 thru '12. Co-Founder of Mod N Labs LLC -- the first cyber-security accelerator in the Bay Area.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Security | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Energy | 1 | 20% |
| Mobile | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| On.Energy | On.Energy develops, constructs, and operates turnkey solutions for smarter energy storage. It has its own analytics and AI-powered energy management software, as well as extensive industry knowledge, and it takes pride in developing integral solutions for smarter energy storage. | $40M | Debt Financing | Dec 20, 2023 |  |
| Keynexus | KeyNexus is a cloud-based encryption-key storage and provisioning service purpose-built for developers of Cloud-based, Enterprise, SaaS or Mobile applications. Secured and powered by FIPS 140-2 compliant, enterprise-grade encryption appliances, KeyNexus allows businesses to employ encryption in their cloud or enterprise environments whilemaintaining secure, offsite storage of their encryption keys, effectively separating the lock from the key. | $50K | Seed | Nov 01, 2015 |  |
| Ironqloud | A powerful, user-friendly console provides a full view of the security posture of your running apps. Easily deploy new controls and ensure new apps are properly secured. | $125K | Seed | Jul 06, 2015 |  |
| Icebrg | Icebrg is a provider of a network security software platform intended for risk reduction. It provides a machine-recognition-based platform that allows business developers to deploy enterprise-level security without writing custom code to protect proprietary and consumer data that enable organizations and governments to respond rapidly by reducingrisk while cutting mean time to respond with real-time forensics.Icebrg was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $2.5M | Seed | Dec 02, 2014 |  |
| Keynexus | KeyNexus is a cloud-based encryption-key storage and provisioning service purpose-built for developers of Cloud-based, Enterprise, SaaS or Mobile applications. Secured and powered by FIPS 140-2 compliant, enterprise-grade encryption appliances, KeyNexus allows businesses to employ encryption in their cloud or enterprise environments whilemaintaining secure, offsite storage of their encryption keys, effectively separating the lock from the key. |  | Seed | Nov 03, 2014 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Secure Octane](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/secure-octane) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Mod N Labs

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Mod N Labs is a cybersecurity collaborative helping entrepreneurs build the next generation security companies. Mod N is named after the modulo n mathematical function - the basis of several cryptographic algorithms. They bring capital, connections and expertise (and good coffee) to support the founders of cybersecurity companies.

1 contacts available at Mod N Labs.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kevin Rowney | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-rowney |

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## FAQ

### What does Kevin Rowney invest in?

Kevin Rowney invests primarily in Software, Security and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kevin Rowney last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kevin Rowney closed in Dec 2023. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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